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Patan (Nepal), May 15 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Narendra Shresta) The Nepalese city of Patan has celebrated this Saturday the procession of Rato Machindranath, Red Chariot, amid restriction measures to avoid contagion of coronavirus in the country.The festival has taken place when Nepal is still battling a record number of covid-19 infections and deaths. FOOTAGE OF THE RATO MACHINDRANATH PROCESSION, RED CHARIOT, IN PATAN, NEPAL.
Lalitpur (Nepal), Apr 20 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Narendra Shrestha). Despite more than 286 thousand cases of coronavirus in Nepal, hundreds of Buddhists and Hindus participated on Tueday in a traditional procession in which devotees push a large image dedicated to the god of rain, Seto Machindranath, from whom they ask for a good monsoon. FOOTAGE OF THE PROCESSION IN HONOR OF THE GOD OF RAIN TO REQUEST A GOOD MONSOON, HELD IN LALITPUR, NEPAL.
Manila, Jan 8 (EFE/EPA).- Catholic devotees attended the Friday masses outside Quiapo church in Manila, a day before the celebration of the Feast of the Black Nazarene.Millions of devotees are expected to attend the Feast of the Black Nazarene in parts of the Philippines on Saturday amid coronavirus pandemic. Carved in Mexico, the statue of the Black Nazarene arrived in Manila on May 31, 1606 in a galleon from Acapulco that, according to a legend, caught fire near the archipelago.According to another popular Philippine belief, the heat of the flames gave the Christ its distinctive dark color, although another version attributed this color to the maker, a Mexican craftsman, who used a dark wood to give it its particular hue. (Camera: MARK CRISTINO). SHOT LIST: DEVOTEES ATTEND THE FRIDAY MASSES OUTSIDE QUIAPO CHURCH IN MANILA, PHILIPPINES, A DAY BEFORE THE CELEBRATION OF THE FEAST OF THE BLACK NAZARENE.
Puebla, Dec 9 (EFE).- Dozens of pilgrims began their long walk on Wednesday from the Mexican state of Puebla to the Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico City despite the Covid-19 pandemic and the closure of this important religious site for Dec. 12, Day of the Virgin.Faith is greater than the health crisis, so, depicted in images, pictures and flags, the Virgin of Guadalupe accompanies the devotees on their way. (Camera: GABRIELA GARCÍA GUZMÁN). SHOT LIST: PILGRIMS WALK THROUGH THE PASO DE CORTES, ON THE SLOPES OF THE POPOCATEPETL VOLCANO, IN THE STATE OF PUEBLA TOWARDS THE BASILICA OF GUADALUPE IN MEXICO CITY, MEXICO.
Mexico, Dec 12 (EFE-EPA).- Pilgrim floods with tired devotees entered the Basilica of Guadalupe, north of Mexico City, where more than ten million people arrived to thank and ask for intercessions from the Virgin of Guadalupe.(CAMERA: Ulises Andrade Vela)